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mailed out 9 mocs

I mailed out 9 MOCs today. I remember mailing Arpy's, Bunda's, and one to Sweden. But I don't remember the rest and don't have my list on me right now.   So until I get that list, and also mail out the other 9, let's assume it's yours that was shipped out.   -CF

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Yo ho ho!

"Or do they not actually say that?" Happy talk like a pirate day!   -CF (No, wait, that one's not right...) (Also, today's xkcd: )

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8 Figures of 8

Finally got some Series 8 minifigs today at TRU! How many? You guessed it, 8!   But half of those I'm giving away, so I actually got 4: Two Alien queens, a businessman, and the diver. The aliens are pretty awesome. I am pleasantly surprised at getting two pieces of fabric for the cape, and how the head/brain is two pieces with a minifig head inside. I'm experimenting to see what I can place the brain on that will look good. I also like getting 2 of every space figure. The businessman is pretty m

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If You Sent me BrickFair MOCs

And by me I mean DV but I mean that I received them either at my house or from DV after the con and I have to send them all back... Then I guess I should let you know where I am in getting those back to you. Currently they are all sitting in a box downstairs. If you sent them exclusively to BrickFair, they are probably in the boxes they came in. All your return postage is safe in my bank account. (Unless you still need to paypal me that. > ) Everything sent to Oregon is in one box and hopeful

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Meno Meno

Didn't get to say hi to Joe Meno at BrickFair this year. We go way back. Like, to 2007.   -CF

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(user)names

If I call you by your username, it means I love you. Or I don't like your real name. Or your username is cooler. Or easier to say. Or I might call you by your real name too. Like if I've known you for a while. Or just feel like saying it for a change. Or I know you prefer me doing so. But sometimes I just don't care.   To me, a username transcends a person's identity. It becomes them. To me, I am ChocolateFrogs, a person, not someone named after a Harry Potter candy, but the term has changed mea

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Plans for BF13

BF12 is barely halfway over (or isn't, depending on who you are and how long you're staying) and I already have plans for next year:   -Build 6-foot long SHIP to rival the two large things here that own my 3-foot long SHIP.* -Make a pyramid and Stargate for the already expanding Warehouse 13 colab with xccj. -New Bionicle MOCs--and some improved old ones. -Have collected all available members of the Avengers team(s)--and maybe built a few more.** -Finally build some steampunk... :/   Until then,

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It's heeeere!

In 9 hours I will be heading out to BrickFair for the next 4 days! You know, to be with awesome people I haven't seen in over a year having shenanigans. Gosh I can't wait! Those of you who I've already met who can't make it this year better show up next time. As well as some of you who I care about who I've never met IRL (you know who you are).   Well, I better register these MOCs you sent me. I'm sure you'd appreciate that.   -CF   Fun fact: LEGO turns 80 this month!

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Packing for BrickFair

Is kind of hard when I have more LEGO shirts than there are days of BrickFair.   Not to mention the desire to wear other geeky fandom shirts aside from LEGO ones.   :/   -CF

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BrickFair Prep

So here's the deal: BrickFair prep is at a standstill. Like, I'm pretty sure I'm not building anything else. Sad things is I haven't build a single noteworthy thing (or a single thing maybe) since the Odradek. Which is totally coming to BrickFair. Along with my SHIP, this 2 year old thing, and the fishbowl. And I've just about reassembled Crustaceous back to his crab-like state. And maybe my Toa team, another Toa, and Piraka Fusion will make it into the car, and then onto the display tables.   B

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Assembling Avengers

I had a grand plan of "yay I'm going to get all the Avengers!" because I have the Jeep set and will get the Quinjet, which just means I'd need to shell out some cash for the Hulk.   And then I realized LEGO is making more Avengers: Wolverine, Spider-Man (already made ) and Iron Fist. Which means I'll need to acquire Wolverine and Iron Fist somehow too.   No biggie. I was going to get the X-Men helicopter set anyway. And will figure out a way to get Hulk at a decent price for a complete set of 20

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Prometheus

Non-spoiler: Never has a fantastic movie been so terrible. Or never has a jumbled mess of a film looked so great.   Which is actually saying two different things.   I had heard, going in, that it was very scenic and introduced some very nice "big ideas." I had also heard it had too many big ideas to satisfactorily answer even a few of those. What I did not know was that some of the things they put in made no sense and provided nothing to the story, or that there was potential for foreshadowing t

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Bring Back The Firefighters

It's a sad day when Hank Green tells you that what is essentially published Twilight fanfiction has sold more copies than Ray Bradbury ever did in his entire life.   So it turns out nerdfighteria will be mass-reading Fahrenheit 451. Which sounds great because I have yet to read it (never required in high school. Or 1984, but we had to read Brave New World which I still take to heart 5 years later...) and think a big group thing like that sounds fun.   Until then I'll quickly finish John Green's

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Tumbler Tour

Yeah, I was right there looking at it. Trying to figure out how it could, somehow, get to the highway and to my house...   Back angles.   It's currently on tour across the States. It'll be in Baltimore, Maryland, today, Memorial Day. But there will probably be a bigger crowd than today at the National Harbor because there's a sci-fi/fantasy convention concluding.   B)   -CF

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Loki's Escape!

Guess who's girlfriend got them the Loki's Escape/Jeep Super Heroes The Avengers LEGO set as a graduation gift?!?!   B)   It's a really neat, compact set. And I guess what makes it so are the minifigs: Loki, Iron Man, and, to an extent, Hawkeye. Shame it didn't come with the doctor and Maria Hill.   Loki is awesome, of course. Iron Man even more so, I would argue, but both look fantastic! They both are so iconic and the details in the figures are amazing. Hawkeye? Alright, he's pretty cool too,

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Post-Graduation Mental Breakdown

First, first graduation entry from this morning. Now: I’m no longer a “college kid,” but I definitely do not want to identify as “adult.” Because no.   On top of that, I miss my friends more than usual. Probably because in the past, I was assured of seeing them again 4 months later in September. But now…plans are fuzzy. We all have our different directions to go in.   Combine that with tension of being home (sharing room with brother) and having the pressure to find a real job and eventually mov

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Entering The Real World

Well, here I go. Graduation is about to start. Pretty soon I will be expected to actually get a "real job" (which is fine because hey I have this degree here), move out (which is fine because I like privacy), and become self-sufficient (which is fine because I practically already am). I just don't like the pressure to get searching for those things...   But hey, I'm graduating! A BA in Journalism from Christopher Newport University with a minor in Philosophy/Religious Studies.   I've made plenty

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Oooh, The Future!

I am quite intrigued by the interesting things Faber has been posting to his website (it's great that the front page shares updates. Though now I placed it in my RSS feed).   Two things: First, I threw together this wallpaper with the MoL unused poster he posted. Because that's what I do: I make wallpapers I'll never use from cool images.   Second is his What about the future? entry with a cool and mysterious image and taglines. (Check it out because I won't deeplink it.) Color me intrigued! Pr

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More Figs!

Swung by TRU today to grab more minifigs (and I got the Friends Inventor's Workshop for my sister for her birthday).   I had already gotten the dark knight (pretty cool), a space marine (awesome!) and the rocker chick (pretty nifty).   Today I snagged 2 more space marines (I could have gotten 4, but I don't really need that many. Money is tight...), two of Neptune (anyone want to trade at BrickFair? I also have an extra genie and minotaur) who's bare chest might come in handy for figs, except I

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Free Comic Book Day!

Today was Free Comic Book Day! (Sorry for telling you so late, but maybe your local comic shop is still open and has some good stuff left.)   I picked up a Serenity/Star Wars flip-cover comic and a preview of The Hypernaturals. And got an extra DC New 52 comic which preluded the Earth 2 #1 I picked up today (along with World's Finest). And I really want to keep reading those! Oh and an X-Men comic.   I also stopped by TRU today. When I called they said they had the Series 7 figs. What I failed t

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Cap And Gown

I bought my cap and gown today, for graduation. "Today" meaning Friday, despite it being 3am on Saturday, because it's still today, Friday, because I have not gone to bed yet.   So I guess this whole graduation thing is really happening in a week. A "week" being seven days, counting from today, technically Saturday.   Until then I'd best send out resumes and pack my room. And I kept telling myself I'd go where jobs are, but then I actually see job listings for reporters in places NOT in my home

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Stomping Around

No, nothing to but the student living below me.   Rather, the musical performance Stomp came to the school's esteemed Ferguson Center for the Arts, and I snagged tickets with some friends for $10 each! High in the balcony, but the performance was still absolutely fantastic!   I have been anticipating this performance since the center's show schedule was published back at the end of the summer. Stomp has been on my "to see" list for almost ten years now, so finally getting that chance was, simply

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Right, Ravenclaw!

How silly of me to forget. I joined in with the hype, being a Harry Potter fan myself, and just had to find out my house.   Way back when, I of course wanted to be in Gryffindor. The house. Harry's house. Hey, I was in 3rd, 4th grade, frantically reading books 1-3 and eagerly awaiting book 4. But, after a while, I ascribed to Ravenclaw. Smart folks, them Ravenclaws, and I felt I wasn't going with the popular house. However, after careful reflection, I definitely liked Gryffindor and felt it was

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A Good Power Suit

Can be quite awesome.   But for me, equally awesome are also my hiking boots. Secure, rugged, wonderful. Puts me in a good mood whenever I wear them.   -CF

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